My life's D day - Moving out of London

There are not many Days in Life which is sometimes most looked forward and sometimes
not expected. Both may or may not have have component which can defenitly change the way you live forever. In 2 days i will face my life changing day. I am moving out of London for good after 4 years 2 months. When you get used to a place, have lots of close friends it is very difficult to move. I have been going around london taking picture of places where i had to face tough times of my life and places where i was at my careers peak(So far). This day may lead me to a very bright future, i hope so or it may lead me back to London not hoping though and less likely. Anyway this day is Star marked in my lifes Diary. I will miss 40, Lime street, London and the Broadgate where i worked for the past 3 years, work friends, great college friends. Wow what a life i had, i can imagine the great office night outs, give office tours, an independent life with no support from anyone. All the good times now comes in front of me, its a tough decession i make for my future. Those of you who a looking to take risk like this, i am the example. Statistics shows Working in the London's Square mile is one of fond of places to work for 3/4 of worlds population, i think i belong the other 1/4 population and working in Investment has recently been in the top wanted, is it a big thing to loose, i don't think so, may be there is a bigger future for me...who knows ?

I would ink 2 days so far in my life as D day's

1) Day I left to London, without job and not good at all financially.
2) Day I would be leaving to Bangalore (2 days 2 go), with a bigger dream for me and hopefully for our society.

Changes leading you away from Comfort zone:

Whenever we decide to start a new career in a completly different field / place, there are so many factors which affects emotionally.

1) Going out of comfort zone.
When i left India first time (4 years ago) i missed my family, my friends, missed all funny parties/ dances i used to attend, bike rides / shalimar pub. I felt i am never going to get all those back in my life. But to my surprise i got everything back, i had even more greater fun with office mates, parties which were even more funny, saw great places and great experiences from different cultures, spoke to parents even more often, trips to India every six months. Therefore i believe any passion oriented change in life is the path for more gains and more happiness in life, may be we might have to face short term pains.

2) Not getting discouraged

Most people in the world are risk averse, any sound of risk would take them back. Such friends would give comments, that can be discouraging, take these as positive signs. Remember average person always fears changes.

3) Self motivated

I am trying to be as much self motivated as possible by writing such blogs, which helps me now and may be one day for others.

4) Proper planning

Planning enough, so that the change does not seem that big a risk. If enough planning is done, the huge risk as perceived by others would seem not that big a risk from your perspective.

5) Being independent

There are many cases that 100's of people would say they will help you, but be independent. E.G someone agree to finance your business, they might not, when time comes therefore have atleast 3 backup for suh cases.

Challenges with Banks

In my other blogspot www.vikasadiga.blogspot.com i was discussing about issue i had with Banks, in havin a business account. I faced the following problems when trying to start up this online portal

1. Selection of Payment Gateway: This is a very important step i guess in online retail. There should no compromise in Saftey, Facilities and should be available for minimum cost. I had problem deciding the cost-Benefit advantage, i still have't finalized.

2. Suppliers : After roaming and speaking to most e-shop, i seemed to have found one possible supplier. Its a lot of hard work, believe me.

3. Finances : Good planning can fetch finances. It always better to have personal saving back up. I am opting a bit of both.

4. Sales and Advertizement : There should be definete idea on how sales would happen and how the website would be advertized.

The above does not mean i have done it all, but atleast writng this down provokes me to do these before i start off.

Trying to be an Enterprenur

The idea of this blog is to list down my actions and struggles to capture my journey to be a Business-man.

I have been thinking to be an enterprenuer for a long time(since i was a kid), but last May (2007) when i was returning back from a short trip to India, i was really not willing to return. I was reading few books on enterprenurship (Monk who sold ferrari, book. But i always felt i need to take a risk to get to the next stage. It was May 4th and i gave myself till the end of May to decide if i will ever be an enterprenur. By the end of May actually May 24th i was really excited about Online retail idea and i felt i never have problem with not finding a customer in such a business, that too in India i will have customers forever. My friends around supported me very well. I decided that day to go back to India for good on my enterprenur journey in exactly one year. Today i am writing this blog after almost 1 year and now its time for me to go back. Yes i am looking forward to go back.

During the past 11 months i have done as much research i could, i have registered my company, my website is almost done (have had problem to face with that), i have spoken to few suppliers (few problem i have gone through), i have secured my finances(few problems i had to go through and still going through ha ha). I no more feel working for a Top Hedge fund company in the Square Mile, The City that exciting. I feel starting something on my own is more exciting. Many ask me if i am not sad for not working in the City, i am not. I do miss all friends at Tyler Capital and looking to start a company as succesful as Tyler capital.

I met many business people in the past 10 months and their advice is to have 2 ideas alteast before i quit my daily jobs, i am currently unaware of the reason why they say that. The core of my abmition lies somthing in waste managemnet and energy generation. Taking their advice i have 2 ideas which i really like and feel i will do really well 1) Online retail and 2) water treatment both of these are linked in many way to my Long term abmition to have a business which is Socialally beneficial and personally rewarding and also interesting for me.

I would keep posting my updates, anyone interested can comment on it.